The Judicial Police Officer may order that the Accused who is present at the crime scene be arrested, where there is cogent evidence that he / she has committed the crime in any of the following instances: 1. Felonies; 2. Misdemeanors caught in Flagrante Delicto where the penalty prescribed by law in respect thereof is not a fine; 3. Misdemeanors for which the penalty prescribed by law is not a fine and where the Accused is placed under any form of monitoring or where there are concerns that he / she might escape; and 4. Misdemeanors of theft, fraud, breach of trust, severe transgression, resistance by force to public authority officers and violation of public morals, as well as misdemeanors relating to weapons, ammunition, intoxicants, hazardous substances, narcotics, psychotropic substances and the like.
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